Years before hospital opening

This inanimate object has been transformed politically into the vehicle for mouthing allegations of discrimination by the Government.

The fact of the matter remains that it was an ill thought-out vainglorious project.

No feasibility study appears to have been done.

A children’s hospital is like no other. All staff must be selectively trained. Salaries are usually above normal for both doctors and nursing staff. Not every trained nurse is good with handling sick children.

I once worked with a nurse who stopped having a family when she saw how desperately ill and how traumatic the suffering of some patients.

I have seen colleagues resign because of the sadness and depression brought on by dealing with patients and their relatives.

Just the finding of adequate numbers of suitable staff will take years. It will be most difficult to start this ruinously expensive exercise without partnering with some wealthy organisation or individual.

The Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba will be a source of constant revenue.

To not acknowledge this reality is to have your head buried in the sand.

LYNETTE JOSEPH Diego Martin